Roman Catholicism

Joseph Anthony Lillis, 62, of Boonsboro, Md., passed from this life on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at his home while surrounded by his family. Born on Aug. 16, 1950, in Jersey City, N.J., he is the son of Mary (Coaches) Lillis of Brick, N.J., and the late...

What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...

After months of controversy, the owner of St. John's Health Center said it plans to sell the landmark Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & Services. The hospital has been at the center of an intense competition that featured...

CHICAGO Deanna Pirpiris, Chicago, Taft High School NORTH & WEST SUBURBS Courtney Ackerman, Wilmette, New Trier Township High School Leila Ayoub, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove High School Emily Bartusiak, Lake Forest, Woodlands Academy of...

A fire that burned for hours heavily damaged the interior of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church on Valley Street Thursday night, sending clouds of smoke into the air and causing a partial roof collapse, but causing no injuries. There is extensive fire...

There's an iPhone app for confession. Password protected, of course. You can't tell it your sins, receive forgiveness, and fulfill the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance, or reconciliation. But the Confession app — billed as "the perfect aid for...

It looks like the Lehigh Valley Conference is staying together after all. League president and Whitehall High School principal Chris Schiffert confirmed earlier this week that the LVC plans to move forward and not accept the invitation of the Mountain...

Ft. Pierre: Edward Duffy, 90, of Fort Pierre died May 11 at Avera St. Mary's Hospital. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at St. John's Catholic Church, Fort Pierre, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Funeral service at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's...

Karl Kristofer Werder, 55, of Williamsport, Md., passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center Hagerstown, Md., and gave the gift of life to Living Legacy Foundation. Born Aug. 21, 1957, in Washington, D.C., to Dr. Richard H. Werder...

During his senior year at Southern Lehigh, Eric Boyer pursued the possibility of continuing his baseball career at Lehigh or Lafayette. When things didn't work out with the Mountain Hawks or Leopards, he elected to reunite with a childhood friend who...

Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...

 Edward Duffy, 90, of Fort Pierre died May 11 at Avera St. Mary's Hospital. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at St. John's Catholic Church, Fort Pierre, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.  Funeral service at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic...